Quotes

"Dialogue is mutual search for a new reality, not debate to win with stronger arguments. In a dialogue propositions are pointers toward a common new reality; not against each other to win a verbal battle, but complementing each other in an effort to accommodate legitimate goals of all parties, inspired by theories and values, and constructive-creative-concrete enough to become a causa finalis". Galtuung


"I use the concept of affect as away of talking about a margin of manouverability, the 'where we might be able to go' and 'what we might be able to do' in every present situation. I guess 'affect' is a word I use for 'hope': Massumi


"A discourse is a system of words, actions, rules, beliefs, and institutions that share common values. Particular discourses sustain particular worldviews. We might even think of a discourse as a worldview in action. Discourses tend to be invisible--taken for granted as part of the fabric of reality."Fairclough


Emergence is “the principle that entities exhibit properties which are meaningful only when attributed to the whole, not to its parts.” Checkland


"What the designer cares about is whether the user perceives that some action is possible (or in the case of perceived non-affordances, not possible)." Norman




Saturday, 8 January 2011

Foucault and Ideology: Layder

Foucault is against Ideology in Althussers sense of a universal narrative (ie capitalist exploitation) being hidden/obscured. He does however admit to stable patterns of power, and to systems of thought naturalising  forms of domination such as racism and sexism...

I assume one of the stable patterns of power is capital.

He does identify institutions such as asylums,  and internalisation of certain normalised/naturalised modes of activity/practise due to certain structures (panopticon ...!?)

Hence to say he does not identify sources of power  seems to obscure the issue
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